20 Reasons Why I Love the Irish

I have only been aware of the University of Notre Dame’s existence for about 2 years, but I have completely and entirely fallen in love with ND for many reasons. Some of them are in reference to my future attendance as a graduate student (hopefully) and some are sentimental reasons. Here they are:

01) I love that the football player's don't have their last names on the backs of their jersey's. They do this because it isn't about the individual, it is about the team

02) I love Touchdown Jesus

03) I love that their slogan is "Fighting for (insert reason). What would you fight for." It's absolutely beautiful.

04) I love that students in the graduate MFA program get to go to school for free.

05) I love the community atmosphere emitted from every pore of every square foot, every student, every thing on that campus.

06) I love Jimmy Clausen.

07) I love shouting "We are ND! GO IRISH" when I watch football games with my boyfriend Danny.

08) I love that Danny's grandfather, Rudolph, was on the Championship Football Team in 1942.

09) I love that Rudolph told Danny that the movie Rudy was made about him.

10) I love that when I think about Notre Dame, I get this happy feeling about my future.

11) I love that I have the possibility of attending a school that is just a bigger, better, more famous, highly regarded version of APU, where I received my undergraduate degree.

12) I love that it gets really, really cold in South Bend in the winter.

13) I love that it snows in South Bend.

14) I love that South Bend has seasons.

15) I love wearing green, which will go perfectly with being Irish.

16) I love that students have the opportunity to be selected for Teaching Assistantships.

17) I love that Notre Dame is committed to both God and Academia.

18) I love that there is a GPA requirement for athletes.

19) I love that Notre Dame looks the way it does.

20) I love that Notre Dame has been called "the place where the church does it's thinking."